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Three men have been convicted of first-degree robbery, after a 15-day trial. The Erie County District Attorney's Office says 31-year-old Carl Evans, 28-year-old Derrick Person and 24-year-old Mark Thompson were all involved in a March armed robbery on East Ferry and Roehrer, in Buffalo.

An auxiliary bishop in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston has been named by Pope Francis to lead Maine's Catholics, according to a press release issued early Wednesday morning.

Giving a puppy or kitten to the pet lover on your list is a gift idea animal activists have long warned people to avoid.

The man who police say was driving drunk on the night of a crash that killed an off-duty Erie County Sheriff's deputy appeared in West Seneca Town Court on Tuesday.

Day after day, Western New Yorkers have had to shovel their driveways and clear off their cars after being pummeled by lake effect snow.

UB's new SUNY Distinguished Professors are, clockwise from top center, Rajan Batta, Jeremy Finn, Jim Atwood, Eckhard Krotscheck and Joseph Gardella Jr. BUFFALO, N.Y. Five more University at Buffalo faculty members have been appointed SUNY Distinguished Professors, the highest faculty rank in the SUNY system.

It was a rough trek into work for commuters in the Buffalo Niagara region Tuesday morning.

Some holiday traditions involve decorative stockings, festive candy-cane-shaped cookies or - slightly more morbid - Austria's inclusion of the Krampus .

A Purple Heart medal and other military decorations awarded to a World War II veteran have been returned to his daughter after the items were found in an old desk drawer in a county office building in western New York.

Two Buffalo teenagers admit to luring a victim to meet them Sumner and Rohr Streets, on Facebook, before stealing from him.

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The fast-food chain will officially open doors Tuesday on its first location in the Buffalo Niagara marketplace as it begins serving its famous Cajun-flavored chicken and seafood dishes from an Elmwood Avenue site almost across the street from WIVB-TV's studios.

HELP USA's new H.E.L.P. Comfort Foods line of premium specialty sweets, made by Buffalo, NY-based designer chocolatier Choco-Logo, offers a way to help homeless get housing and services while delivering up delicious sweets to customers, clients, staff, and others on your corporate gift list.

This month, Houghton College has significantly increased its presence and viability as a major player for offering higher education in the Buffalo region.

From former presidents to presidential hopefuls, Anthony Gioia has welcomed a long list of fellow Republicans to his Buffalo home.

A volunteer outfitted with motion sensors navigates a full-scale replica of a public bus.

A driver and his passenger are facing drug charges after New York State Police stopped a vehicle on West Ferry Street.

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The Northern Chautauqua County Club Association recently held its regular monthly meeting at the Brocton Legion Post #434, W. Main Street, in Brocton.

It is hard to believe, but this year is nearly over. When a year comes to an end we often stop and reflect.